Button-cabinet



Patented Feb. 28

BUTTON CABINET.

A; RLINGALSBE.

(ModeL) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADNA R. INGALSBE, OF WHEATON, KANSAS.

BUTTON-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,683, dated February28, 1893. Application filed February 9, 1891. Renewed December 26, 1891.Again renewed July 23, 1892. Serial No. 441,066. (ModeL) .To a whom, itmay concern:

' Be it known that I, ADNA R. INGALSBE, a citizen of the United States,residing at J Wheaton, in the county of Pottawatomie and State ofKansas, have invented a Button-Cabinet, of which the following is adescription and specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in show stands or cases,and more particularly to an improved cabinet for containing anddisplaying buttons or like articles.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved cabinet containingand displaying buttons, which shall be exceedingly cheap, simple anddurable in construction, and provided with a suitable number ofreceptacles for containing buttons having improved means for displayingthe buttons contained in such receptacles.

A further object is to provide an improved construction of buttonreceptacle, whereby samples of the buttons within the receptacle can bedisplayed, and the sample display buttons can be easily and quicklyremoved and changed at any time. These objects are accomplished by, andmy invention consists in certain novel features of construction and incombinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a perspective viewof the cabinet. Fig. 2, is a central vertical section. Fig. 3, is adetail sectional view showing a mode of fasteningbuttons. Figs. 4 and 5,are detail views showing a mode of fastening buttons having projectingshanks or eyes.

Heretofore cabinets for containing spools of thread 850. have beendisplayed, consisting of the case and drawers, but so far as I am aware,a button cabinet such as hereinafter set forth, provided with improveddisplaying means is novel. 1

In the drawings the reference letter a, indicates the suitable case ofthe cabinet, formed and constructed in any desirable manner and providedwith any desirable number of drawers or receptacles b. Each drawer isprovided with suitable handles 0, or other means for moving the same.Each drawer head is provided with a central opening d, preferablyelongated as shown, and the edges of the drawer head forming the sidesof said opening are rabbeted or shouldered at the inner side, see e, toreceive the glass panel f, which closes the said opening in the drawerhead, and is secured in any suitable manner. A removable panel g, islocated behind said glass panel and, preferably, parallel therewith.Said panel g, is preferably, equal in length and height to the width anddepth of the drawer or receptacle in which it is located, and soconstructed and arranged that it can be easily withdrawn or insertedfrom behind the transparent panel. Suitable means are provided torelnovably'lock or hold the removable button holding panel g inposition, such as the narrow strips h, pivoted to the sides of thereceptacle (see Fig. 2) so that theirfree ends can swing down behind thepanel g, and lock it in position by pressing the same against the drawerhead as clearly shown, so that by lifting such pivoted lockin g piecesthe panel held thereby canbe removed. Gravity normally holds saidlocking pieces in position. I

The outer side of each button carrying panel is, preferably, faced withsuitable material 27, such as velvet to add finish and render thecabinet tasty in appearance, and each panel 9, is provided with suitablemeans for holding buttons behind the transparent panel so that they canbe easily and readily seen from the exterior of the cabinet. Whereperforated buttons, such as seen in Fig. 3, are to be displayed thepanel 9 is provided with horizontal or otherwise arranged series ofpairs of transverse apertures j, and each button k, is secured by astaple, wire or cord Z, passed through two adjacent apertures j, andtwisted together or otherwise secured at the rear side of the panel g,so that the button is firmly held or bound upon the outer side of thepanel. A series of buttons is removably secured to the button holdingpanel, as shown in Fig. 1, so that they all appear behind the transversepanel. The buttons displayed are intended to be samples of thosecontained in the respective receptacles or drawers, so that any onedesiring a certain class of buttons can see at a glance which receptacleto open.

A small hole 'm, can be formed in one button carrying panel over or inproximity to each button or apertures thereof whereby a price mark canbe pinned to indicate the price, 850 or other information regarding theparticular button.

Each drawer or receptacle of the cabinet is, preferably, provided with asuitable number of open boxes (not here shown) closely arranged in rows,and each box to contain a gross of buttons.

Where buttons having shanks are to be secured, the button carrying panelto receive them is provided with a suitable number of transverseopenings 0, sufficiently large at their outer ends to receive the buttonshanks 0, said openings being divided at their inner ends to form twosmall branch openings p, p, so that the two ends of the securing wirerespectively pass through said branch openings and are twisted togetherat the rear side of the button carrying panel. The rear ends of thehorizontal series of openings of each button carrying panelarepreferably, divided by the single strip q, inserted and suitablysecured longitudinally in the rear face of the button carrying panel soas to extend across and divide the inner end of each of said openings asshown, and the inner edge of thisstrip is beveled to an edge, as shown,so as to separate the two ends of the button securing wire insertedtherethrough.

The drawer heads, transparent and button carrying panels of one or moreof the lower drawers can be inclined inwardly and upwardly as shown bythe bottom drawer of Fig. 1, so that a person can readily and easily seeand distinguish the buttons displayed thereby without stooping toclosely examine the same. The grooves or rabbeted out portions in whichthe transparent panel fits should be sufficiently deep to allowsufficient space between the button carrying and transparent panels forthe buttons.

It is evident that various changes might be made in the form,construction and arrangement of the parts described without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention, hence I do not wish to limitmyself to what is herein set forth.

What I claim is- 1. In a cabinet, the combination of a drawer having anopening in its head, a glass panel inserted therein, a removable buttoncarrying and displaying panel behind said glass panel provided withaperture for button fastenings,

and means for locking said removable pane], such as set forth.

2. In a cabinet, the combination of a drawer with a button display panelor head having the longitudinal series of transverse apertu res toreceive the button fastenings, and the beveled strip secured in the rearface of said panel or head and extending transversely across anddividing the inner end of each aperture, as set forth.

ADNA R. INGALSBE. Witnesses:

GEORGE E. INGALSBE, CHARLES INGALSBE.

